Discovered 1981 Mar. 2 by S. J. Bus at Siding Spring in the course of the U.K. Schmidt-Caltech Asteroid Survey.

Lars V. Bergknut (b. 1947) is the observatory foreman and instrument technician for the NASA Infrared Telescope Facility on Mauna Kea, Hawaii. As part of the IRTF summit day crew since 1986, he prepares and maintains the instruments used by observers.

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